R8 Basket Krakow
- Alias
- AZS AGH Krakov
- Leagues Played
- Polen - Division 1 167 Polen - 2 Liga 30 Vänskapsmatcher - Klubblag 5 Polen - Cup 3
- Links
- Wikipedia
Wikipedia - R8 Basket Kraków
R8 Basket Kraków was a Polish professional basketball club based in Kraków. Established in 2016, the team played two seasons in the I Liga, the second division of basketball in Poland. Its owner was Dominika Kotarby-Majkutewicza. In 2018, R8 Basket was dissolved just two years after its foundation.
History
The club started in 2015 with the licence of AZS Politechniki Kraków. In 2016, the club was transformed to R8 Basket. Game were played in a hall of the Tauron Arena, which has a capacity of 800 people. In the 2016–17 season, Kraków won the third division 2 Liga and was promoted to the national second division.
In the 2017–18 season, R8 Basket was eliminated in the quarter-finals by GKS Tychy after finishing fourth in the I Liga regular season. On 1 June 2018, the club announced it was to be dissolved. The disestablishment was no surprise as before the season it was announced that if the team would not promote it would be dissolved. Head coach Marcin Kękuś stated that "there is no climate for high level basketball in Krakow".
Lagens hemmaarena är Tauron Arena Kraków, som har en kapacitet på över 15 000 åskådare.
R8 Basket Krakow har ännu inte vunnit några större titlar, men har varit nära att vinna den polska cupen vid ett flertal tillfällen. Klubben har också representerat Polen i europeiska tävlingar, bland annat i FIBA Europe Cup.
Några av klubbens mest kända spelare är:
* Łukasz Koszarek
* Adam Waczyński
* Przemysław Zamojski
* Michał Sokołowski
* Szymon Szewczyk
R8 Basket Krakow är en av de mest lovande unga klubbarna i Polen och har potential att bli en toppklubb i landet inom en snar framtid.